xhonzi said:
Bingo "I hate show tunes" wings:
I've never met anyone too old for time travel.
Unless you're Dur, apparently.
I like time travel, provided it makes some lick of sense (and incorporates parallel universes into it's method of operation).
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The People Under the Stairs (1991)
Had I never seen Twin Peaks, I probably wouldn't have enjoyed this film as much as I did.
Holes (2003)
I've never read the book, so I don't know how this movie compares to it. What I saw, though, I enjoyed immensely, so I can't see it being too much better. Jon Voight was ridiculous (in a good way) Sigourney Weaver was dangerously sexy (and I don't usually find her sexy) and Shia LaBeouf was surprisingly decent (I think this is the only one of his movies I've seen that I've found to be above mediocre).
Disturbia (2003)
All this film served to do is remind me of why I hate Generations Y & Z so much. The only saving grace is David Morse; he brings more respectibility to this movie than it deserves to have.
Deja Vu (2006)
This movie took time to get going, but it picked up and ended up delivering.
War of the Worlds (2005)
If there's any movie beyond The Adventures of Tintin that can display just how mediocre Speilberg has become as a director, it's this one. How can someone take a great book like War of the Worlds and make it feel so lifeless and dull? How can someone take good actors like Dakota Fanning and Tim Robbins and give them absolutely nothing to work with? The only good scene is the entire film is the one with the peanut butter sandwiches, and that's just sad.
Mystery Men (1999)
I like this movie, though I can see why others wouldn't and why it received so many mixed reviews. I still would have liked to have seen a sequel, though.
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
The only good thing I can say about this movie is that Bob Hoskins could have been a great Mario. Otherwise, it completely sucks; the plot is stupid (the despot of one city on a barren, resourceless parallel Earth really thinks he can conquer the entire world - with all its military powers and the resources at their disposal - with only a handful of stupid lizard men, really?), the acting is bad (Leguizamo is miscast, and Hopper is just painful to behold), and the science worse (if you don't have a basic understanding of how evolution works, then don't write about it).
Unbreakable (2000)
Decent, but not all that engaging; the revelation Samuel L. Jackson's character gives at the end is the only part of the film that really hooked me, I'm sorry to say.
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
I can't believe the screenplay was written by Akiva Goldsman; this film is positively, hauntingly, beautiful and touching. I haven't seen all that many films with Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly, yet I still must say there is nothing else they've ever done that comes even come close to touching the heights their performances reached with this film.
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
As far as slashers go, this one was pretty decent. Jennifer Love Hewitt's hair and Anne Heche's body were positively mortifying.